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Come and Go
Who says we have to be perfect, anyway?
Lee Harlem Robinson is used to getting all the girls, until she arrives in Hong Kong. Faced with a severe shortage of dateable lesbians, it takes Lee months to find romance and surrender to her first summer of love in 100% humidity. Much against Lee’s will, her affair with posh banker Stella doesn’t last into autumn and she’s left scouring happy hour with her perpetually single gay friends again.
Lost in the loneliness only the most populated cities can afflict, she’s on the brink of a melt-down when she meets Nikki, a leather-clad lawyer-cum-photographer.
Can they defy the odds and find love in a harsh and loose city like Hong Kong? Is Nikki enough to make her forget Stella? And what happens when Lucy, Lee’s boss from London, flies over to attend to some unfinished business?
A blend of chick lit, romance and lesbian drama set against the backdrop of that other city that never sleeps.
Lee Harlem Robinson is used to getting all the girls, until she arrives in Hong Kong. Faced with a severe shortage of dateable lesbians, it takes Lee months to find romance and surrender to her first summer of love in 100% humidity. Much against Lee’s will, her affair with posh banker Stella doesn’t last into autumn and she’s left scouring happy hour with her perpetually single gay friends again.
Lost in the loneliness only the most populated cities can afflict, she’s on the brink of a melt-down when she meets Nikki, a leather-clad lawyer-cum-photographer.
Can they defy the odds and find love in a harsh and loose city like Hong Kong? Is Nikki enough to make her forget Stella? And what happens when Lucy, Lee’s boss from London, flies over to attend to some unfinished business?
A blend of chick lit, romance and lesbian drama set against the backdrop of that other city that never sleeps.
234 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 13, 2012
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Lee Harlem Robinson
8 books10 followersLee Harlem Robinson is a fictional character created for the blog ‘Trying to Throw My Arms Around the World’ by Hannelore Arbyn. In daily blog posts, Lee narrates the story of how she ended up in Hong Kong. ‘Come and Go’ picks up where ‘Trying to Throw my Arms Around the World’ stops and describes Lee’s dramatic adventures in romance in ‘that other city that never sleeps’.
Hannelore Arbyn is a thirty-three year old Belgian who moved to Hong Kong in the fall of 2010. In 2002 she started the lesbian entertainment blog ‘Dykes and the City’ and not long after founded the popular lesbian advice blog ‘The Lesbian Question’ (now run by the tireless Kelly L.) After a blog hiatus of a few years, the withdrawal from dyke drama and the creation of lesbian entertainment became so unbearable, she plunged into the world of blog fiction and invented Lee Harlem Robinson. ‘Come and Go’ is her first novel.
Hannelore Arbyn is a thirty-three year old Belgian who moved to Hong Kong in the fall of 2010. In 2002 she started the lesbian entertainment blog ‘Dykes and the City’ and not long after founded the popular lesbian advice blog ‘The Lesbian Question’ (now run by the tireless Kelly L.) After a blog hiatus of a few years, the withdrawal from dyke drama and the creation of lesbian entertainment became so unbearable, she plunged into the world of blog fiction and invented Lee Harlem Robinson. ‘Come and Go’ is her first novel.
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April 11, 2012
Having lived in HK for a while, I really enjoyed Come and Go. It is full of references to real places most HK dwellers will recognize which makes it a fun read for anyone who has spent some time here. The city really is a character in its own right.
The story itself, although centered on LGBT characters, is really quite universal and reflects the accelerated pace of life in HK. Everyone, gay or straight, has at some point in their life been dumped by their lover and knows the struggle it is to recover and move on all the while not being able to really let go of the past.
The book describes itself as "a blend of chick lit and romance" and that is exactly what it is. It doesn't pretend to be high-brow or deep, but provides an engaging, easy read that most people should enjoy.
The story itself, although centered on LGBT characters, is really quite universal and reflects the accelerated pace of life in HK. Everyone, gay or straight, has at some point in their life been dumped by their lover and knows the struggle it is to recover and move on all the while not being able to really let go of the past.
The book describes itself as "a blend of chick lit and romance" and that is exactly what it is. It doesn't pretend to be high-brow or deep, but provides an engaging, easy read that most people should enjoy.
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